Lower promoter activity of the ST8SIA2 gene has been favored in evolving human collective brains

Toshiyuki Hayakawa; Masahiro Terahara; Naoko T. Fujito; Takumi Matsunaga; Kosuke M. Teshima; Masaya Hane; Ken Kitajima; Chihiro Sato; Naoyuki Takahata; Yoko Satta

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259897

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Lower promoter activity of the ST8SIA2 gene has been favored in evolving human collective brains

Toshiyuki Hayakawa ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: thayakawa@artsci.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3553-3555

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Masahiro Terahara,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Naoko T. Fujito,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Advanced Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Takumi Matsunaga,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kosuke M. Teshima,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4854-1060

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Masaya Hane,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Ken Kitajima,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Chihiro Sato,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Naoyuki Takahata,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Advanced Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yoko Satta

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Advanced Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Lower promoter activity of the ST8SIA2 gene has been favored in evolving human collective brains

Toshiyuki Hayakawa,
Masahiro Terahara,
Naoko T. Fujito,
Takumi Matsunaga,
Kosuke M. Teshima,
Masaya Hane,
Ken Kitajima,
Chihiro Sato,
Naoyuki Takahata,
Yoko Satta

Published: December 16, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259897

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